Sitophilus oryzae (Linnaeus, 1763)

Family

Dryophthoridae

Subfamily

Rhynchophorinae

Tribe

Litosomini

Original Genus

Curculio

Distribution

Attica, South Aegean, and Thessaly

Literature Reference

First Description

• Linnaeus, C. (1763): Amoenitates academicoe; seu dissertationes varice physicoe, medicce, botanicoe, antehac seorsim editoe, nunc collectoe et auctoe, cum tabulis æneis. Holmiæ: Salvius, (3) + 486 pp., pls I-V.

Findings

Attica

• 1 ex.: Athens city, in a house, 09.05.1994, leg. Kakiopoulos, det Kakiopoulos, coll. Kakiopoulos

South Aegean

• 1 ex.: Rhodes, Mesanagros, 30.04.2014, leg. Messutat, det. Messutat, coll. Messutat
• 1 ex.: Rhodes, Soroni-Fanes, 01.05.2014, leg. Messutat, det. Messutat, coll. Messutat

Thessaly

• 1 ex.: Karditsa city, in sack with beans, 01.1981, leg. Kakiopoulos, det Kakiopoulos, coll. Kakiopoulos